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Altacarry Head, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850830/03 Date: 1985-08-30 GPS: 55.30633,-6.17650 [ View map ]

Site Description: Slight boulder slope with cobble/pebble mix and some gravel between. Kelp and red algae dominant on top of boulders.

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Species list (65 species recorded)

PORIFERA ANNELIDA MOLLUSCA Electra pilosa Pyura tessellata Kallymenia reniformis Cryptopleura ramosa
Phorbas fictitius Alentia gelatinosa Diodora graeca Parasmittina trispinosa PISCES Phyllophora pseudoceranoides Delesseria sanguinea
Halichondria panicea Harmothoe extenuata Steromphala cineraria ECHINODERMATA Myoxocephalus scorpius Schottera nicaeensis Nitophyllum punctatum
Aplysilla rosea Pomatoceros triqueter Calliostoma zizyphinum Henricia oculata RHODOPHYTA Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Phycodrys rubens
Aplysilla sulfurea Spirorbis sp. Trivia arctica Asterias rubens Bonnemaisonia asparagoides Plocamium cartilagineum Brongniartella byssoides
CNIDARIA CRUSTACEA Hinia (Hima) incrassata Ophiothrix fragilis Bonnemaisonia intricata Lomentaria orcadensis CHROMOPHYTA
Tubularia indivisa Pandalus montagui Pododesmus patelliformis Echinus esculentus Schmitzia hiscockiana Rhodymenia ardissonei Cutleria
Diphasia rosacea Galathea nexa BRYOZOA TUNICATA Rhodophyllis divaricata Compsothamnion thuyoides Dictyota dichotoma
Obelia geniculata Pisidia longicornis Crisia eburnea Ascidia conchilega Rhodophyllis werneri Halurus flosculosus Desmarestia dresnayi
Actinothoe sphyrodeta Cancer pagurus Alcyonidium diaphanum Ascidia mentula Halarachnion ligulatum Pterothamnion plumula Laminaria hyperborea
Caryophyllia smithii Xantho pilipes Membranipora membranacea Pyura microcosmus Metacallophyllis laciniata Apoglossum ruscifolium
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